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Ms. Coll. 1165
ca. 500 items (5 boxes)
Table of Contents
Biographical background
John Clark (1794-1885), Quaker, originally of North Carolina,
married in 1821 Nancy Hussey. In 1832 Clark moved his family to
Indiana. John and Nancy's children included Anna Clark (1827-1864)
who in 1852 married Bowling Henry Winston (1822-1892), Hezekiah
Clark (1833-1920), Daniel Clark (1824-1874), Martha Ann Clark
(1829-1899), Lindley Murray Clark (1836-1861), Nancy Maria Clark
(1838-1881) and Thomas Clark.
Anna and Bowling Henry Winston's children included John Clark
Winston, Lindley Murray Winston, Lucy Winston and Clark Winston.
After Anna C. Winston's death in 1864, Bowling H. Winston married
Julia Ricks of Virginia.
Bowling Henry Winston (1822-1892) was the son of Pleasant Winston
(1792-1876) of Virginia (later of Indiana), Quaker farmer and
physician, who married in 1820 Elizabeth Clark, also of Virginia.
This Elizabeth Clark was not related to the family of Anna Clark
(1827-1864) who would marry her son Bowling H. Winston.
In addition to Bowling H. Winston, Pleasant and Elizabeth's children
included Pleasant Winston, Jr., Ambrose W. Winston, Charles J.
Winston, William Henry Harrison Winston and six other children
who all died before reaching adulthood (George Clark Winston,
Liberia Indiana Winston, George Whitlock Winston, Elizabeth Virginia
Winston, Lucy Winston and Thomas Winston).
[Sources for above: introductory notes to the letters prepared
by the donor as well as the letters themselves]
Links to images
The following are all of the image links found within this finding
aid.
 Page 1 letter of Bowling Henry Winston to his Uncle,
Bowling Clark. Montgomery Co., Indiana, July 2, 1837. Written
at age 15 from the farm where they have lived since moving from
Virginia, the letter tells of being a neighbor to David Crockett
(d. 1836), crops, and raising farm animals Page
2 (each approximately 117K).
 Page 1 letter of Charles J. Winston to his aunt Mary
Clark. Camp of 11th Virginia, November 13, 1864. On sorrowful
family news, "sickness among the negroes", and with
the election of Pres. Lincoln, an expectation of four more years
of war Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 (each approximately 78K).
Summary of collection
Approximately 500 letters (also a few clippings, poems and other
items) of the related Clark and Winston families of Virginia and
Indiana. Letters discuss family and friends, the small schools
that many members of these families began in the mid-west, as
well as comments on politics, slavery, religion, education, etc..
Clark family letters (ca. 130) include those of Daniel Clark
(ca. 29 letters, 1844-1852; discussing his schooling [at Friends
Boarding School, Richmond, Indiana], teaching and his own schools,
etc.); Hezekiah Clark (ca. 23 letters, 1846-1874; discussing his
schooling [at New Garden Boarding School], teaching at his own
schools, farming, etc.); John Clark (ca. 10 letters, 1837-1866;
topics include Quaker Meeting news, Quaker ministers, business
and farming concerns, etc.); N. Maria Clark (ca. 17 letters, 1850-1877;
includes courtship correspondence with her deceased sister's husband,
Bowling H. Winston);
Martha Ann Clark (ca. 17 letters, 1847-1899; topics include her
studies and teaching, etc.); Mary H. Clark (ca. 16 letters, 1839-1864;
includes letters to her nephews, especially to BHW discussing
his education and giving her support to same, criticism of Pleasant
Winston Sr., family news, Civil War excitement, William H.H. Winston
in prison camp); Thomas Winston and Lindley M. Winston (ca. 13
letters, 1852-1860; includes letters while at Haverford College).
Winston family letters (ca. 370) include the following:
- Ambrose W. Winston (ca. 20 letters, 1840-1877; discussing
school [at Emory and Henry College], travel, Camp meetings,
Civil War, farming, teaching school, family news, etc.)
- Anna Clark Winston (ca. 18 letters, 1846-1863 or 4; discussing
teaching, Quaker activities, etc.)
- Bowling H. Winston (ca. 110 letters, 1834-1890; topics include
family news, schooling [at Mt. Pleasant Boarding School in Ohio,
later at U. of Virginia], politics, travel, teaching, slavery,
farming, Quaker activities and Meetings, military service [his
brothers are in Confederate Army], courtship correspondence
with his deceased wife's sister, N. Maria Clark, etc.)
- Charles J. Winston (ca. 8 letters, 1852-1864; news of family
and friends, in Confederate Army)
- Elizabeth C. Winston (ca. 54 letters, 1824-1852; include thoughts
on spiritual matters and death, health concerns, illness and
death of her children, family news, her homesickness for her
relatives and friends left behind in Va., farming, etc.)
- John C. Winston (ca. 14 letters, 1866-1896; includes letters
while at Haverford College)
- Julia W. Winston (ca. 12 letters, 1870-1896; family news and
letters to stepchildren, etc.)
- Lucy A. Winston (ca. 14 letters, 1877-1899; many are while
she is at the National Surgical Institute in Indianapolis receiving
treatment for her hip and leg)
- Pleasant Winston, Jr. (ca. 31 letters, 1842-1861; discussing
family news, schooling [at Mt. Pleasant Boarding School], his
mother's illness and death, farming, includes letters between
brother - evidence of some friction with father)
- Pleasant Winston, Sr. (ca. 12 letters, 1834-1888; some discussion
of Quaker matters, education of his children, etc.)
- William Henry Harrison Winston (ca. 12 letters, 1864-1908;
news of family, plans to join the Confederate Army, includes
letters from 11th Virginia, federal prison at Point Lookout,
Md.)
Arrangement and description of collection
The collection is arranged by the item number assigned to each
letter (or other paper) by the donor. The letters are divided
into two series, Clark family letters (designated by a "C"
number) and Winston family letters (designated by a "W"
number). This numbering system corresponds (for the most part)
to the chronological order of the letters. Note that two letters
written by Anna Clark before her marriage to Bowling H. Winston
are filed with the Clark letters; her letters to BHW before their
marriage and those after marriage are filed in the Winston series.
Contents of boxes:
- Box 1 - Clark series of letters, C1 - C130
- Box 2 - Winston series of letters, W1 - W92
- Box 3 - Winston series, continued, W93 - W158
- Box 4 - Winston series, continued, W159 - W285
- Box 5 - Winston series, continued, W286 - W370
Finding aids to the collection:
The notes for each item give the date and location of each letter,
names of writer and recipient, and information on the contents
of each letter. These notes can be found immediately following
the end of the list of correspondents, and an additional copy
has been placed in Box 1.
In addition to the above notes, which are listed by item number
and therefore chronological, an alphabetical list of correspondents
(taken from the notes) has been compiled and immediately follows.
List of correspondents:
List of correspondents with item number(s) (of letters or other
papers) assigned to them. This information is taken from the notes
compiled by the donor.
[ ] - B
- [ ] - C2, C4, C5, C43, C122b, W158, W191, W360 [notes only],
W367, W370
- [ ], Mary Ann - C86
- B., E.A. - W161
- Bodly, Sarah - W354
- Butler, Virginia J. - W289
C (except Clark)
- Campbell, A. Rebecca - W154
- Campbell, R. - W78
- Campbell, Virginia (Kyle) - W78
- Carrington, Maria L. - W287
- Chase, Thomas - W328
- [Clark, see below]
- Coggeshall, Oliver - C114
- Cox, Isaac - C74
- Cox, John - W41
Clark
- Clark, Bowling - W164, W205, W207, W246, W344
- Clark, Daniel - C10-13, C16, C22, C23, C25-27, C30, C33, C38,
C39, C41, C44, C45, C48, C50, C51, C52, C65, C67, C72, C73,
C87, W133, W139, W142
- Clark, Edward M. - W123
- Clark, Elizabeth Cheadle - W354
- Clark, George C. - C8, C9, C35, C37
- Clark, Hezekiah - C13, C56?, C92, C96, C99, C101, C103-106,
C113, C115, C117, C118, C121, C123-129, W226
- Clark, [J. ?.] - W3
- Clark, Jeddie - C129
- Clark, John - C5b, C6, C7, C14, C15, C32, C110, C116, C130,
W294
- Clark, Johnny- C129
- Clark, Julia Ann - C20, C28, C42, C46?, C53, C64?, C89
- Clark, Lindley M. - C97, C100, C107-109, C111, C120
- Clark, Lucy - W4
- Clark, Mattie - C129
- Clark, Maria - C78, C95, W250, W270, W273, W275, W278, W280,
W281, W296, W326; also as "Clark, Nancy Maria" or
"N. Maria Clark" - C57, C110, C119, W256, W282, W283
- Clark, Martha Ann - C19, C31, C34, C36, C58, C61, C66, C69,
C70, C75-78, C80, C81, C85, W365
- Clark, Mary H. - W32, W44, W52, W66, W76, W81, W166, W185,
W198, W204, W208, W223, W237, W238, W266, W267
- Clark, Nancy (Hussey) - C1, C3, C14, C85, W249
- Clark, Samuel - C28
- Clark, Sarah [N.] - W8
- Clark, Susie - C129, W304, W331, W348
- Clark, Thomas - C79, C90, C94, C95, C99, C108b
- Clark, William A. - W29
D - H
- Dabney, I. - W153
- Effinger, Barbara [later Massie?] - W253, W258?, W286, W290
- [Fisher, Mary E.] - W5, W6
- [Fisher, Dr. S.B.] - W6
- Harris, Amelia C. - W2
- Harris, E.W. - W292
- Hill, John D. - C93, W175 [this is a photocopy of C93]
- Hill, Sarah Ann - C60
- Hobbs, Barnabas C. - W69, W80, W82, W122
- Horney, Jesse - W212-214, W216, W218, W220, W221, W232, W248,
W263
- Hussey, Jesse - C102
J - N
- Johnson, Abijah - W219
- Jones, Maria C. - W58, W161?
- Jones, Mary - W161
- Kyle, Lucy (Winston) - W211
- Lindley, Asenath C. - C19, C54?, C59?
- Lynch, Zalinda - W1
- [Massie?], Florence - W288, W291
- Massie, Sally (Sarah) Clark - W14, W205
- Massie, William - W21, W40, W92, W205
- Mayhew, E.C. - C122
- Miller, M.R. [later Mol. R. Pearson?] - C18, C24, C29
- Naylor, Elizabeth - W54
- Newby, Mary - C91
- Noel, Samuel M. - W124, W130, W138
R - S
- Rhoads, James E. - W350
- Rhoads, Samuel - C98, C112, W252
- Ricks, A. - W301
- Ricks, Missouri P. [W.] - W111
- Ricks, W.A. - W300
- Robinson, M.L. - W83
- Robinson, Mary Sue - W158
- S., [Captain] - W268
- Siler, Ellwood C. - W125
- Simpson, John A. - W354
- Simpson, Amelia H. - W242
- Stuart, H.F. - C110b
T - Y (except Winston)
- Taylor, Israel - W65
- Terrell, Mary W. - W89
- Thomas, Harvey - C63, C68, C82, C84
- Thornburgh, Dizer - C88
- Western Yearly Meeting - W298
- White, Elizabeth (Ricks) - W299, W302
- White, Martha A. - C40
- Whitlock, A. - W129
- Wilson, Jethro R. - C71
- [Winston see below]
- Young, Edward C. - C47 (p. 1-4 of what is C55), C49, C55 (p.
5-6 of C47), C62
Winston
- Winston, Ambrose W. - W37, W155, W170, W176, W192, W195, W198,
W200, W204, W209, W210, W234, W236, W240, W241, W297, W305,
W310, W316, W330
- Winston, Anna C. (Clark) - C17, C83, W182, W187, W194, W201-203,
W206, W215, W222, W224, W227, W228, W229, W245, W251, W254
- Winston, Bowling Henry - W16, W19, W20
Page 1 letter of Bowling Henry Winston to his Uncle,
Bowling Clark. Montgomery Co., Indiana, July 2, 1837. Written
at age 15 from the farm where they have lived since moving from
Virginia, the letter tells of being a neighbor to David Crockett
(d. 1836), crops, and raising farm animals Page
2 (each approximately 117K).
- W30, W31, W34, W39, W45, W49, W51, W53, W55, W56, W59-62,
W67, W70-75, W77, W79, W84-86, W90, W93, W96-98, W100-102, W104-106,
W108, W109, W112, W116, W127, W135-137, W143, W146-149, W150?,
W151?, W154, W156?, W157, W178, W190, W202, W203, W210, W217,
W228-231, W235, W251, W254, W256, W259, W261, W264, W270-272,
W274, W276, W277, W279, W280, W282, W284, W285, W293, W308,
W312, W315, W317-319, W323, W325, W327, W330, W333, W334, W338,
W341, W343-347b, W349, W355
- Winston, Charles J. - W160, W186, W198, W233, W244, W247
Page 1 letter of Charles J. Winston to his aunt Mary
Clark. Camp of 11th Virginia, November 13, 1864. On sorrowful
family news, "sickness among the negroes", and with
the election of Pres. Lincoln, an expectation of four more years
of war Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 (each approximately 78K).
- W269
- Winston, E. Cornelia - W120, W131, W189
- Winston, Elizabeth "Lizzy" - W113
- Winston, Elizabeth C. - W7, W9-13, W16-18, W20, W22-26, W33,
W35, W38, W42, W46, W48, W50, W62-64, W68, W87, W91, W95, W99,
W103, W107, W113-115, W117-119, W121, W126, W132, W134, W135,
W138, W140, W141, W145, W152, W155, W162, W163, W165, W168,
W186
- Winston, [George] - W36
- Winston, John C. - W294, W295, W311, W312, W318, W322, W331,
W333, W336, W339, W342, W351, W359 [notes only], W363
- Winston, Julia W. (Ricks) - W303 [notes only], W306, W307,
W309, W312, W325, W327, W335, W345, W346, W362, W364
- Winston, Liberia Indiana - W48, W91, W94
- Winston, Lindley Clark [later Lindley Murray] - W295, W314,
W321, W352, W353, W358
- Winston, Lucy A. - W260, W262, W320, W324, W329, W332, W337,
W340, W349, W355-357, W361, W366 [notes only], W368, W369?
- Winston, Lucy E. - W260, W262
- Winston, M.L. - W88
- Winston, Pleasant (Jr.) - W47, W73, W82, W106b?, W110, W112,
W114, W144, W163, W165, W167-169, W171-174, W177, W179, W181,
W184, W186, W188, W193, W195-197, W199, W233, W240, W241
- Winston, Pleasant (Sr.) - W15, W28, W42, W43, W50, W57, W68,
W159, W180, W183, W313, W354
- Winston, Thomas B. - W128
- Winston, William H.H. (Henry Harrison) - W27, W162, W167,
W188, W193, W196?, W225, W239, W243, W247, W255, W257
545 bb
- John Clark (1794-1885), Quaker, of N.C., m. 1821 Nancy Hussey.
In 1832 the family moved to Indiana. John and Nancy's children
included Anna Clark (1827-1864) who m. 1852 Bowling Henry Winston
(1822-1892), Hezekiah Clark (1833-1920), Daniel Clark (1824-1874),
Martha Ann Clark (1829-1899), Lindley Murray Clark (1836-1861),
Nancy Maria Clark (1838-1881) and Thomas Clark. Anna and Bowling
Henry Winston's children included John Clark Winston, Lindley
Murray Winston, Lucy Winston and Clark Winston. After Anna C.
Winston's death, Bowling H. Winston m. Julia Ricks.
- Bowling H. Winston (1822-1892) was the son of Pleasant Winston
(1792-1876) of Va., Quaker farmer and physician, who m. 1820
Elizabeth Clark (d. 1852) of Va. The family later moved to Indiana.
Pleasant and Elizabeth's other children were Pleasant Winston,
Jr., Ambrose W. Winston, Charles J. Winston, William Henry Harrison
Winston and six children who died before adulthood.
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